Hoyer calls Micheal Steele a slave

[Bavarian]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/...ogy/index.html
See the CNN report. Our miserable Rep Steny Hoyer is calling an Afirican-American, Black, politician a slave because he is registered as and running as a Republican, the party that freed the slaves.

I am disappointed that he has no opposition this Fall.

[blacklabman]

I too opose Hoyer, but he did not say Steele was "a slave". Don't misquote.

[blacklabman]

Make that "oppose" before I hear from the spelling Nazis.

[Nucklesack]

Originally Posted by blacklabman

I too opose Hoyer, but he did not say Steele was "a slave". Don't misquote.

The Democrats AND Hoyer have past history of race-based insults against Steele. Hoyer didn't just innocently use the word in ordinary conversation. He employed it during a comedy routine in front of a crowd of mostly black business owners:

[Democrat Senate candidate Ben] Cardin, a dry and detailed-oriented career legislator, was upstaged at his Upper Marlboro event Sunday by the irrepressible Rep. Steny Hoyer, who did a comedy routine about the event’s host, Cool Wave Water, and told the audience that Steele had had “a career of slavishly supporting the Republican Party.”

Why would it be funny if not for the sneering, racist implications? Hoyer is the number two Democrat in Congress. He knew what he was doing: pandering. Hoyer now claims disingenuously that no insult was intended. In the past, Hoyer has derided Steele as a "token." Black Democrats in Maryland have no problem with smearing Steele as an "Uncle Tom."

“At A Meeting With Reporters Monday, Mr. Ehrlich Denounced Characterizations Of Mr. Steele By Some Democrats, Noting That Rep. Steny H. Hoyer Called Mr. Steele A ‘Token’ …” (Margie Hyslop, “NAACP To Grill Townsend, Ehrlich,” The Washington Times, 7/17/02)

“U.S. Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Dist. 5) of Mechanicsville, in an interview Wednesday, offered some of the most pointed Democratic criticism yet of the Ehrlich-Steele ticket. Hoyer described Steele as a "token candidate" and likened him to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ( coincidence? ). ‘The problem with token candidates like Mr. Steele is that the voters see them for what they are,’ Hoyer said. ‘Steele will have no more of an impact in the African-American community than former President Bush got when he appointed Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court ( not the Clarence Thomas was qualified, it was because he was BLACK! ). People can see through the motivation.’” (Josh Kurtz, “Erlich Taps Steele,” The Maryland Gazette, July 11, 2002)

A DSCC Staffer Pled Guilty In March To Illegally Obtaining The Credit Report Of Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele In July 2005. “A former Democratic Party researcher yesterday pleaded guilty in federal court to a misdemeanor charge of computer fraud in which she illegally obtained Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele's credit report last summer...” (Jon Ward, “Party Worker Pleads Guilty,” The Washington Times, March 25, 2006)

Michael Steele Is The Target Of A Democrat Plan To Run “A Race – Based” “Smear Campaign.” ”“Democrats plan a race-based campaign against a candidate who aims to be Maryland's first black man elected to the U. S. Senate, according to a confidential Democratic Party campaign document obtained by The New York Sun. The target of the emerging smear campaign is Michael Steele, the Republican nominee for a seat vacated by Paul Sarbanes, a liberal Democrat who has represented Maryland in the Senate for 30 years.” (Richard Miniter, “Democrats Plan Race-Based Campaign Against Black Candidate In Maryland,” New York Sun, April 13, 2006)

“Some white Democrats say Steele's African American power play is disingenuous and a ploy to help promote Republican policies and politicians. They are hoping African Americans, traditionally loyal to the Democratic Party, are not swayed by Steele's rhetoric. ‘He's an Uncle Tom,’ said Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Dist. 27) of Chesapeake Beach . ‘He is the personification of an Uncle Tom.’” (Walter Lee Dozier, “A Thorn In The Side,” Maryland Gazette, October 5, 2001)

“This Week, The News Blog - A Liberal Web Log Run By Steve Gilliard, A Black New Yorker - Removed A Doctored Photo Of Mr. Steele That Depicted Him As A Black-Faced Minstrel.” (S.A. Miller, “‘Party Trumps Race’ For Steele Foes,” The Washington Times, 11/2/05)

“However, The Blog Has Kept Its Headline ‘Simple Sambo Wants To Move To The Big House.’ A Caption Beneath A Photo Of The Lieutenant Governor Reads: ‘I’s Simple Sambo And I’s Running For The Big House.’” (S.A. Miller, “‘Party Trumps Race’ For Steele Foes,” The Washington Times, 11/2/05)

[CMC122]

Steny Hoyer is a nimrod.

[ericw]

This is typical - Steele doesn't think the way a white liberal thinks a black man should think, so there must be something wrong with Steele!

[bdh802]

Originally Posted by ericw

This is typical - Steele doesn't think the way a white liberal thinks a black man should think, so there must be something wrong with Steele!

Hoyer is an azz!

[willie]

Originally Posted by Bavarian

Hoyer calls Micheal Steele a slave

I would have expected an ignorant distortion like this from a whiny Democrat.

[Dedee]

Why does everything have to be about race?? Steele is not a black man. I have never seen a black man. He is more like tan. If people would stop being so childish and listen to what the men have to say and what they stand for they could make an educated vote. Grow up Americans...no mater what shade your skin is. There is no black people and no white people. We all bleed red!!

[vanbells]

I didn't read the article. I just know that Steele likes puppies.